FRiend of mine domiciled New York and lived in Toronto. Deadheaded New York Toronto and back. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "RWM" <RWM@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Next Few Days Critical for Northwest >I will agree that there was a mix of convenience and necessity. > Today's high 70's/low 80's load factors make the 'convenience' of > commuting far less practical and more problematic. > > - Bob > > > > Allan9 wrote: > >> And so a pilot or FA didn't have to live where they were domiciled. >> Crash pads were a matter of convenience than necessity. >> Al >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "RWM" <RWM@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:20 PM >> Subject: Re: Next Few Days Critical for Northwest >> >> >>> Yes, and I'll submit they existed in high cost of living metropolitan >>> areas in that ear and earlier for the same reasons, especially so prior >>> to the run up in airline industry wages during the 1980s-1990s. The >>> "good old times" are back again, though. >>> >>> - Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> Allan9 wrote: >>> >>>> Crash pads existed in the 1960s. Can't blame todays economic salary >>>> conditions. >>>> Al >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "RWM" <RWM@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:23 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Next Few Days Critical for Northwest >>>> >>>> >>>>> Couldn't afford Danish at those levels of income! And the food stamps >>>>> for which those incomes qualify don't cover Danish anyway. >>>>> >>>>> States prescribe different levels, reflecting regional/local cost of >>>>> living. Try being a NYC-based reserve FA or pilot at those wages, >>>>> explaining why 'crash pads' exist. >>>>> >>>>> Mike Bloomberg reluctantly agrees that $32,000 - NYPD salary after 6 >>>>> months - is barely making it (but blames it on NYPD salary >>>>> negotiators). >>>>